consonancen.
/ˈkɒnsənəns/, /ˈkɒnsn̩əns/, U.S. /ˈkɑnsənəns/ 1. Correspondence of sounds in words or syllables; recurrence of the same or like sounds, e.g. in a verse; = assonance n. 1.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > similarity of sound
consonance1589
consonancya1657
assonance1728
assonancy1770
homoeophony1838
homophony1842
idem sonans1848
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xvi. 144 By vsing like cases, tenses, and other points of consonance, which they called Omoioteleton.
1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex i. 10 Tranton..hath no such semblable consonance with Trinobantum.
a1698 Temple On Poetry (Seager) With allusions of words, or consonance of syllables.
1781 S. Johnson Gray in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets X. 31 The ode is finished before the ear has learned its measures, and consequently before it can receive pleasure from their consonance and recurrence.
1862 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) 401 I think the introduction of these consonances a very happy feature in Mr. Longfellow's hexameters.
1871 R. F. Weymouth Euphuism 5 Consonances are heard in such pairs of words as canonized, eternized..dissolute, resolute.
2. Agreement of sounds; pleasing combination of sounds. (In later use with allusion to 3.)
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [noun] > musical or harmonious quality
concorda1340
harmony1528
consonance1594
balance1929
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [noun] > sound > assemblage or body of > blended or concordant > quality of
concorda1340
consonancya1387
symphonyc1440
consonance1594
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xiii. 228 To be called by a good surname, and a gratious christian name, which may deliuer a pleasing consonance to the eare.
1728 J. Thomson Spring 17 Winds and Waters flow'd In Consonance.
1814 R. Southey Roderick xvii. 43 The quiet sound of gentle winds and waters with their lulling consonance.
3.
a. Music. The sounding together of two notes in harmony; the quality or fact of being consonant n. or concordant. (Opposed to dissonance n.)
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > concord or perfect chord > fact of being
consonance1694
consonancy1694
1694 W. Holder Treat. Harmony iv. 77 Thus far the Rates and Measures of Consonance lead us on.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Notes in Consonance constitute Harmony, as Notes in Succession Melody.
1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers II. 149 Joining several voices, or instruments, in consonance.
1881 J. Broadhouse Student's Helmholtz 291 Helmholtz has well illustrated the consonance and dissonance of the various notes of the scale by a graphic illustration.
b. A consonant ‘interval’ or combination of two notes, a concord.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > chord > [noun] > concord or perfect chord
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chord1597
perfect chord1597
equison1609
consonance1624
consonant1694
perfect triad1878
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 34 The two principal Consonances, that most ravish the ear, are..the fifth, and the octave.
1878 C. H. H. Parry in Grove Dict. Music I. 159 Beats are..most noticeable in unisons and consonances.
1884 Bosanquet Encycl. Brit. XVII. 106/2 [article Music] The definition of consonances as intervals which can be tuned free from beats lies at the basis of almost all music.
4. Acoustics. The sounding of a body, e.g. a tuning-fork, in sympathy with the vibration of another body of the same pitch sounded near it.
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1882 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
5.
a. figurative. Agreement, harmony, concord. (The earliest sense in English.)
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun]
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congruity1447
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respondence1598
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respondency1603
symbolizing1605
coaptation1614
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comportance1648
compliance1649
syntax1649
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symmetry1655
homology1656
consistency1659
consentaneousness1660
consistence1670
comportment1675
harmoniousness1679
symbolism1722
congruousness1727
accordancy1790
sameness1790
consentaneity1798
consilience1840
chime1847
consensus1854
solidarity1874
synchromesh1966
concordancing1976
1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy Prol. They write..by suche consonance That in theyr bokes was no variaunce.
1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. F3v The consonance and agreement they haue eyther with reputation or indignitie.
1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood ii. xiii. 201 With whom they have consonance enough in manners.
1854 ‘M. Harland’ Alone x Consonance of feeling and sentiment.
b. in consonance with.
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1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 492 The discoveries of philosophy are in consonance with the details..given in the Sacred Writings.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xiv. 347 She is merely acting in consonance with her husband's expressed wish.
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